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Biography

'''Jamie O'Neal (born 3 June 1966) is a contemporary country music|country singer and songwriter who has had success in the United States . She was born Jamie Murphy''' in Sydney, Australia , to parents Jimmy and Julie Murphy, who were also professional musicians. In the early part of her career she was a backing singer in her native Australia, appearing on Kylie Minogue 's Enjoy Yourself Tour of Australia, UK, Europe and Far East Asia in 1990. She rejoined Minogue's tour in 1991 for the Rhythm of Love Tour (Australia and Far East Asia) and the Let's Get To It Tour of the UK and Ireland.

In 2000, O'Neal released her debut album, '' Shiver (Jamie O'Neal album)|Shiver . The album featured the back-to-back Number One singles " There Is No Arizona " and " When I Think About Angels ". Two other singles were released: the title track, which reached #21 on the country charts, and "Frantic", which reached #41 in 2002. Since then, she has released one other studio album, Brave (Jamie O'Neal album)|Brave in 2005. Her third studio album, Like a Woman , has yet to have a release date.

Music career

2000-2003: Shiver and On My Way to You

O'Neal was signed to Universal Music Group Nashville#Mercury Nashville|Mercury Nashville in 2000, and soon after she began to work on her debut album. Her debut single, " There Is No Arizona ", debuted at #69 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) chart. It eventually went to become her first Number One single in February 2001. On 31 October 2000, '' Shiver (Jamie O'Neal album)|Shiver , was released. The album only charted to #14 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and #125 on the Billboard 200 .

A second single, " When I Think About Angels ", debuted at #45 on the country charts for the week of 31 March 2001. It spent several weeks on the charts, reaching Number One in August 2001. Following the success of the album's first two singles, Shiver was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America . Two additional singles followed: "Shiver" (the title track) and "Frantic", which reached #21 and #41 on the charts, respectively.

In 2002, she and country singer Mark Wills recorded a duet together, titled "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You". It was released as the second single from Wills' album Loving Every Minute (album)|Loving Every Minute . The song only reached #31 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

O'Neal's fifth single, "Every Little Thing", was the lead-off single to her second studio album, On My Way to You . However, the song only managed to reach #34 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and the album never saw release. Shortly thereafter, O'Neal and Mercury parted ways.

2004-2007: Brave and "God Don't Make Mistakes"

After leaving Mercury, O'Neal signed to Capitol Records|Capitol Nashville . Her first single for the label, " Trying to Find Atlantis ", was released on 27 September 2004. It reached #18 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The song was the lead-off to '' Brave (Jamie O'Neal album)|Brave , which was released on 1 March 2005. It proved to be a bigger success on the albums chart, reaching #6 on the Top Country Albums chart.

" Somebody's Hero " was released in 2005 as the second single and reached #3 on Hot Country Songs chart, giving O'Neal her first Top 10 since 2001. The third and final single, "I Love My Life", failed to make the Top 20, charting to #26.

In early 2007, a new single, "God Don't Make Mistakes", was released. The single failed to make an impact at country radio, where it only reached #47, her lowest chart single at the time. After the song was never included on an album, O'Neal and Capitol parted ways.

2008-present: Like a Woman

In the early months of 2008, O'Neal signed with Atlanta-Nashville based record label 1720 Entertainment.

A new single, "Like a Woman", was released in November 2008, where it debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at #59. The song was initially intended to be the lead-off single to O'Neal's third studio album, Like a Woman , which hasn't seen a release. The single only managed to peak at #43 on the country charts. A second single, "A Soldier Comin' Home", was released in June 2009, however, the single failed to chart.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications ( List of best selling music artists
Title	Album details	US Country	US	US Heat	Certifications ( List of best selling music artists
Shiver Release date: 31 October 2000 Label: Universal Music Group Nashville#Mercury Nashville\|Mercury Nashville Recording Industry Association of America\|US : Gold
Brave Release date: 1 March 2005 Label: Capitol Records\|Capitol Nashville
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
Year	Single	US Country	US	Album
2000	1	40	Shiver
2001	1	35
2001	"Shiver"
2002	41	—
2003	34	—	On My Way to You (unreleased)
2004	18	86	Brave
2005	3	51
2005	"I Love My Life"
2007	47	—	non-album song
2008	43	—	Like a Woman (unreleased)
2009	—	—	Like a Woman (unreleased)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak chart positions	Album
Year	Single	Artist	US Country	Album
2001	Various artists	58	non-album song
2002	Mark Wills	31	Loving Every Minute (album)

Music videos

"Does He Love You" was filmed on CMT 's Greatest Duets .

Year	Video	Director
2000	Lawrence Carroll
2001	Trey Fanjoy
	" America the Beautiful "(Various)
	"Shiver"
2002	Keech Rainwater
2004	Randee St. Nicholas
2005	Ryan Polito
2005	"Somebody's Hero"
2007	Kristin Barlowe
2009	Trey Fanjoy

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